YOU are the Solution! – cppc
Get a .PDF image of the A5 leaflet here, including an advert for opening of the People’s Resource Centre in Cork. The problem we face was shown clearly this week in Dáil…
It is time to End the Scandal! – cppc
Our Democracy is usurped by Vested Interests and their Political Parties! [a .PDF image of the flyer is available for download here] It seems there is very litte sacred to…
Public Forum on Bond Payment of over €2.5 billion, in our name!
P R E S S R E L E A S E – Monday January 7th, 2013 (.PDF downloadable here.) The People’s Convention are hosting a Public Forum in Cork next Monday to…
An open Letter – Let’s make 2013 count!
Dear friends, Greetings and best wishes to you and yours for 2013! We are starting the year in full confidence that there will be significant progress made in the democratic…
NOT SO PROUD TO BE IRISH
Articles in DISCUSSION are published according to the guidelines of the Editors and do not necessarily reflect the views of CPPC, they are to encourage investigation and…
THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 2012, WHERE TO FROM HERE?
We are pleased to publish the following contribution to DISCUSSION and invite comment or articles from anyone who wishes to express a view. Articles are published according to…
Brophy Solicitors Letter to Kathy Sinnott
For information we are re-producing this letter received by Kathy Sinnott requesting assistance from members of the public in compiling statements to support the challenge to the…
Court Challenge to Referendum Result
As you are aware the recent referendum on Children’s Rights was passed by the people, it is now part of Bunreacht na hÉireann. However, the validity of the referendum…
Lies: “Isn’t that what you tend to do during an election?”
A pronouncement on our democracy! In last weeks debate on RTÉ’s The Week in Politics programme Minister Pat Rabbitte revealed the truth about Labour’s attitude…
Let us adopt the Solution that leads to our own Empowerment! – cppc
[Updated since initial leaflet, published for Dublin protest on 24th Nov. ’12] a PDF of the updated is available here. Friends, there are many questions… high…
Does this Protect our Children?
Public Debate on the Referendum… The Peoples Convention in the Cork East Constituency have organised a Public Debate for Thursday 8th at 8.30pm, at the Holy Family Church…
Public Representatives must fulfil their Constitutional duty
P R E S S R E L E A S E The following statement is issued in response to a number of events in the past week: 1. The sending out of 8,500 letters demanding payment of…
What do we Expect from our Public Representatives? – cppc
This is the text from a leaflet distributed in the South East Electoral Ward of Cork City, in response to a Public Meeting called by a local Fine Gael Councillor. A .PDF copy of…
Policy is Imposed on the People – another €1 billion handed over!
P R E S S R E L E A S E The Peoples Convention in Cork is hosting a PROTEST EVENT and PUBLIC FORUM on Monday 1st October at 12 o’Clock, outside AIB Bank at 66, South…
Paying €1billion AIB bond on October 1st … a national scandal!
The following is the text from a leaflet used to promote a Public Meeting to be held in Blackrock, Cork on Monday 24th Sept. A .PDF copy of the leaflet can be downloaded here.…
Press Release: “Political Parties, the City Budget & Paying Bondholders”
The People’s Convention in Cork South Central released the following statement: Following recently announced cutbacks of services by City Hall and the mockery of a vote by…
Democracy “needs to be managed”, says Leo Varadkar, “you need a strong Party system and a strong whip system”
On the Tonight with Vincent Browne Show (13/9/12) on TV3 the Government Minister was commentating on how legislation was passed through the Dáil. He was asked if it was an…
Our sovereign right is indivisible, it is a whole thing in itself …
Tweet posted by @gratire : Our sovereign right is indivisible, it is a whole thing in itself & cannot be broken into ‘economic’ or other bits #rtept #cppc #vinb…
There is no such concept as “economic sovereignty”,..
Tweet posted by @gratire : There is no concept of “economic sovereignty”, this subdivision of our inalienable right is to hide the truth, we are enslaved! #rtept#cppc…
”If Jesus Christ was in government right now he would be very unpopular” – Pat Rabbitte
Text taken from Twitter: @AineDempsey ”If Jesus Christ was in government right now he would be very unpopular” – Pat Rabbitte on Vincent Brownes TV3…
We Need to Defend Bunreacht na hÉireann
Contribution to the discussion on Empowerment and the Importance of Bunreacht na hÉireann, and a call to action! 8th August 2012, by Diarmaid Ó Cadhla, who is spokesperson for…
We have a solution for Rousseau’s Dream
Reflection on an article by Vincent Browne Vincent Browne, writing on the website Politico.ie, in a thought provoking piece on the 300th anniversary of the birth of Jean Jacque…
Is Fúinn Féin Rudaí a Chur ina gCeart
PDF image of Issue No. 1 of Convention newspaper: Is léir go bhfuil an tír seo saibhir, cé nách deirtear go rómhinic é, agus b’fhéidir gurb é sin an fáth go bhfuil…
If the People ran Our Country, would the Vita Cortex Workers be Abandoned?
PDF image of Issue No. 1 of Convention newspaper: The treatment of the staff at Vita Cortex must be of concern to us all. One of the revealing aspects of this dispute has been…
Referendum May 31st. (Fiscal Stability Treaty)
PDF image of Issue No. 1 of Convention newspaper: Since 1997, the Stability & Growth Pact (SGP) was the system to deal with the debt crisis. It limited deficits to 3% and…
Call to Get Organised
PDF image of Issue No. 1 of Convention newspaper: CPPC was formed in November 2010 and following public meetings in Cork, Dublin, Carlow-Kilkenny and Wexford four candidates…
Policy of ‘Bailout’ is Imposed on the People
PDF image of Issue No. 1 of Convention newspaper: The anti-bailout protesters in Ballyhea/Charleville in Cork have passed the first anniversary of their weekly march. All the…
Will Campaigns, Protests or Petitions make Citizens the Decision Makers?
Published in Issue No. 1 of Convention newspaper: Brendan Doris of Dublin Mid-West attended a local meeting recently on the issue of household charges and has some thoughts on…
Policy on Household Taxes is being Imposed on Citizens
The policy on Household Taxes is being imposed despite massive opposition from the citizens, where is the democracy in this? Where is the mandate?
‘Fiscal Compact’ will not be enough to end the financial crisis.
Jean-Claude Piris, who helped write the Lisbon and other EU Treaties has warned that the ‘Fiscal Compact’ will not be enough to end the financial crisis.
Government has pre-empted a ‘Yes’ vote in Fiscal Stability Treaty
The Government has pre-empted a ‘Yes’ vote by agreeing that access to the ESM fund is conditional on a ‘Yes’ outcome, because we have already committed to paying €11bn…
Both FF/Green & FG/Labour tried to avoid having Referendum
Despite the Government making every effort to avoid a referendum, we have a vote on the Fiscal Compact Treaty. (since passed)
European Stability Mechanism (EMS) is a Treaty we have signing without referendum.
The European Stability Mechanism (EMS) is a Treaty we have signing without referendum. ESM establishes a fund for ‘bailouts’ (we have committed €11bn plus to it). However,…
Empowering the members of Fianna Fáil, not the People!
At their Ard Feis, the FF leader declared the “empowerment” of their members, he made no mention of the empowerment of the citizens! Entirly appropriate for what is a private…
Fianna Fáil, the private members club, is unrepentant.
It took 15 years and a cost of €300m for the Fianna Fáil leadership to admit and act on the obvious… What can we say?!
Paying the cost of deceiving ourselves!
To celebrate their first year ‘in office’ both Fine Gael and Labour TD’s are to send out newsletters to their constituents outlining their “achievements” so far. The…
Enda Kenny: Arrogant dismissal of peoples concerns on Septic Tank issue
Enda Kenny for his part brushed aside the growing fear of many over the septic tank registration with his comment that the cost was less than the price of a pint a week.
Rabbitte & Children’s Hospital: planning laws need “finessing”, as he put it.
A few weeks ago the same Pat Rabbitte’s response to the children’s hospital planning refusal was to offer an opinion that it is the planning laws which needed changing or…
Rabbitte: ‘take the progamme team out at dawn and shoot them’!
Pat Rabbitte in response to the BAI finding that RTE had mishandled the Gallagher presidential tweet on Prime Time and afterwards could only dismissively ask if he should ‘take…
Arrogant dismissal of concerns – Alan Shatter and Brian Hayes
During the referendums held at the time of the Presidential elections both Alan Shatter and Brian Hayes distinguished themselves by their arrogant dismissal of concerns raised by…
